Beth Harwell: Wine in grocery stores may pass this year

8:26 AM,
Dec. 19, 2013

Speaker Beth Harwell

Written by

Michael Cass
The Tennessean

A bill sent to the Senate floor last spring would let supermarkets, pharmacies, convenience stores and other retailers with beer licenses place wine on their shelves, provided voters agree through local referendums. The bill got tied up in a House committee during the 2013 legislative session by a single vote.

Speaker Beth Harwell, who favors the idea, said she thinks the logjam will be broken in 2014.

"I believe there is support from the general public, so I see movement, and I think all parties involved have been sitting down and talking to each other during the recess," she said. ...